Software Engineer II, Vertex AI Vector Search

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, and deploy new features and enhancements for the vector search serving components, primarily using Golang, Python, C++ and some Java.
• Contribute to improving the performance, reliability, and observability of the serving platform, including instrumenting code, analyzing metrics, and identifying areas for improvement.
• Write well-tested, and maintainable code, adhering to Google's engineering best practices and style guides. Participate in code reviews, provide and incorporate constructive feedback.
• Investigate, debug, and resolve technical issues and bugs within the serving stack, spanning across networking, Kubernetes, and application code.
• Participate in maintaining service health, including contributing to monitoring dashboards, alerting, and playbooks. Participate in on-call rotation with guidance and support from executive team members as needed.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
  
• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience in Machine Learning (ML) model coding languages (e.g., Python).
• Experience with Kubernetes (Google Kubernetes Engine), docker, or other containerization technologies.
• Experience in back-end coding languages such as Golang, Rust, or Java.
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.